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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 271 pages · text by OCR

This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section, 62-HQ-83894 Section 6 (serials 246 to 301), collects FBI memoranda and correspondence from 1950 to 1952 on flying saucers. It covers green fireballs and discs seen near sensitive installations in New Mexico, Dr. Lincoln LaPaz's analysis, and the Air Force's Land-Air study known as Project Twinkle. It also holds an OSI summary, a USAF directive on reporting unconventional aircraft, a dissolving object reported by Philadelphia police, and letters from members of the public.

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

  • p. 8 …bring it to the attention of OSI Headquarters. When the officers first noticed the object, it…
  • p. 11 # DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. AFOIO-CC…
  • p. 15 …Bureau liaison determined on the morning of October 9, 1950 from OSI headquarters that the investigations…
  • p. 17 …Bureau liaison determined on the morning of October 9, 1950 from OSI headquarters that the investigations…
  • p. 24 …Carroll Director of Special Investigations Headquarters USAF Washington 25, D. C. 1. In a liaison meeting…
  • p. 25 …Technical Director of the Operations Analysis Section, Headquarters, Second Air Force, 1944-45. Since 1948, Dr…
  • p. 26 …6 cys, Director of Special Investigations, Headquarters USAF 1 cy, CG, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson…
  • p. 101 …360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters, Third Army. SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft, the following is…
  • p. 106 …360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950. Headquarters, Third Army, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following is…
  • p. 107 …360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters, third Army, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following is…
  • p. 108 …360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters Third Army, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following is…
  • p. 109 …1955:Oak Ridge Patrol Headquarters reports that observed object determined (to be a star)
  • p. 152 # DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 28 MAY…
  • p. 155 …FREE, Headquarters OSI, was interviewed and furnished the writer with a copy of a TWX received…
  • p. 163 …reflected no records of STEWART. ## INCLOSURES ## FOR HEADQUARTERS OSI 1. Photostatic reproduction of information obtained from…
  • p. 165 …that several times during this year the Headquarters at Glenn Burnie Police were notified concerning a…
  • p. 247 …matter will be discussed further with OSI Headquarters in Washington, D. C. NWP:hkehke Tolson___ Ladd…
  • p. 261 …Finally, atomic energy has chosen New Mexico as its headquarters. In brief, there are more eyes…
Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont)

Number	Date	Time	Number of Observers	*Reliability of Observers	General Area of Occurrence	Apparent Direction of Flight	Apparent Altitude	Course Horizontal to Vertical	Color	Train or Trail	Duration of Observation	Sound	Shape	Apparent Size	Apparent Speed	Manner of Disappearance
75	1949/24 Jun	15451630	2	Unk	Mesa,Arizona	1 to SE2 to E3 to NE4 vertical5 to E 4 Horizon1 Vertical	Steel gray 4 at 30 mts1 at 25 secs	None	Discw/2 flanges Max of 400 mph	Faded from view
76	27 Jun	0138	1	R	Albuquerque,New Mexico	W to E	30° to 90° above horizon Similar to star Slightly more orange	Yes	2 mts	None	Round	Slightly larger than brightest star	140° in 2 mts.	Went behind building
77	29 Jun	2010	1	Unk	Flagstaff,Arizona	E to W	30° from vertical Yellow in front Red behind	None None	Bullet shaped	1/2 size of small air-plane	Relatively slow	Over a hill
8	30 Jun	1630	1	R	Seligman,Arizona	N	30° above horizon Dull grey	None	8 secs	None	Circle	Appeared 1/2 diameter at 10,000' altitude	2,000 mph or faster	Disappeared in distance
79	11 Jul	2110	1	Unk	Camp Hood,Texas	W by SW	30° above horizon Pale red	None	2 secs	None	Ball - but not a perfect circle	Twice as large as evening star Such as turning off flashlight

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